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.TH CreateFileW 3w "Oct 2012" "Wine API" "Wine API"

.SH NAME
\fBCreateFileW\fR (KERNEL32.@)
.SH SYNOPSIS
HANDLE CreateFileW
 (
  LPCWSTR               \fIfilename\fR,
  DWORD                 \fIaccess\fR,
  DWORD                 \fIsharing\fR,
  LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES \fIsa\fR,
  DWORD                 \fIcreation\fR,
  DWORD                 \fIattributes\fR,
  HANDLE                \fItemplate\fR
 )

.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
CreateFileW [\fBKERNEL32\fR.@] Creates or opens a file or other object. 
.PP
Creates or opens an object, and returns a handle that can be used to \fIaccess\fR that object. 

.SH PARAMS
\fIfilename\fR \fB[In]\fR  pointer to \fIfilename\fR to be accessed.
.PP
\fIaccess\fR \fB[In]\fR  \fIaccess\fR mode requested.
.PP
\fIsharing\fR \fB[In]\fR  share mode.
.PP
\fIsa\fR \fB[In]\fR  pointer to security \fIattributes\fR.
.PP
\fIcreation\fR \fB[In]\fR  how to create the file.
.PP
\fIattributes\fR \fB[In]\fR  \fIattributes\fR for newly created file.
.PP
\fItemplate\fR \fB[In]\fR  handle to file with extended \fIattributes\fR to copy.
.PP

.SH RETURNS
.PP
\fBSuccess:\fR Open handle to specified file 
.PP
\fBFailure:\fR \fBINVALID_HANDLE_VALUE\fR 

.SH IMPLEMENTATION
.PP
Declared in \fB"winbase.h"\fR. 
.PP
Implemented in \fB"dlls/kernel32/file.c"\fR. 
.PP
Debug channel \fB"file"\fR.